“Me vs. Myself”, the Pervitin Scene: Original Trailer / Teaser

A surreal arts film beeing worked on right now, wich willl be finished by late 2009. Made with his video and comic artwork, the film is produced and directed by a 2009 newcomer, Harry Schwab. This teaser is a Scene to do with the drug use by soldiers in German trenches during World War 2. As soldiers had to combat fatigue, there were stimulants available to the Wehrmacht. The one named here is called Pervitin, containing what is commonly called Methamphetamine. For more informations: www.spiegel.de The film’s theme is about long term drug abuse (mainly amphetamines) and the damage that these drugs can have on users health and social surroundings. This theme was chosen for autobiographical reasons, as the producer has had experiences with the modern drug scene, both with the designer drug culture (wich is becoming more present everywhere since three decades) and the repressive drug politics of modern age. The film is to be seen just as nonsensical as realisticly critical of modern human culture, wich often drives people to drug abuse. It reflects on a paranoid world of fear and frustration inside the heads of many. The main character of this film is fictitious. He is a long term Amphetamine user. The film plays during the time when he’s starting to lose the ability to differ dreams and hallucinations with reality, making him become more and more paranoid in the process. The confusing cut scenes also make it remain unclear wether he’s beginning to suffer the Dissociative …
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